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Grid Poet — 13 May 2026, 03:00
Wind leads at 23.7 GW but 17.6 GW of thermal generation persists, keeping prices elevated at 107 EUR/MWh.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 03:00 on 13 May 2026, wind generation dominates the German mix at 23.7 GW combined (onshore 18.7 GW, offshore 5.0 GW), alongside 11.8 GW of lignite and hard coal baseload and 5.8 GW of natural gas. Total domestic generation of 46.8 GW exceeds consumption of 42.3 GW, yielding a net export of approximately 4.5 GW. Despite a 62.3% renewable share driven entirely by wind, the day-ahead price of 107.4 EUR/MWh is notably elevated for a nighttime hour — likely reflecting high gas prices feeding into the merit order, as thermal plants remain committed to cover residual load of 18.6 GW and provide system inertia. Biomass (4.0 GW) and hydro (1.4 GW) contribute their usual baseload roles without distinction.
Grid poem Claude AI
A thousand blades turn through the coal-dark hours, their tireless chorus echoing over smokestacks that refuse to sleep. The price of keeping the lights on weighs heavy as the overcast sky pressing down on a restless grid.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 40%
Wind offshore 11%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 16%
62%
Renewable share
23.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
46.8 GW
Total generation
+4.5 GW
Net export
107.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.0°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
99% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
262
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 18.7 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling dark hills, rotors turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 5.0 GW appears in the far right background as a cluster of turbines standing in a faintly visible North Sea horizon line with blinking red aviation lights. Brown coal 7.6 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive Lausitz-style lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting. Natural gas 5.8 GW sits left-of-centre as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, flanked by steel piping infrastructure. Hard coal 4.2 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular boiler house and conveyor belt, glowing embers visible through grate windows. Biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a modest wood-chip fueled CHP plant with a short cylindrical stack and piled wood stores, set between the coal and gas plants. Hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small concrete run-of-river weir and powerhouse nestled in a dark valley stream in the middle distance. The time is 3:00 AM — the sky is completely black with heavy 99% overcast, no stars visible, no moon, no twilight, deep oppressive darkness. All illumination comes from artificial sources: harsh sodium streetlights casting orange pools, red blinking lights on turbine nacelles, white fluorescent glow from plant control rooms, and the eerie orange-white glow of cooling tower steam underlit by plant floodlights. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price — low clouds press down almost touching the cooling tower tops, mist clings to the ground, 7°C spring chill suggested by condensation on metal surfaces. Vegetation is mid-spring: fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees barely visible in the industrial light. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich deep tones of Prussian blue, lamp black, and warm ochre, thick visible brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich's nocturnes but depicting a modern industrial landscape with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower hyperbolic curve, and CCGT exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 13 May 2026, 03:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-13T02:53 UTC · Download image